Sentences with phrase «grand jury in the case»

Federal prosecutors are presenting evidence to a grand jury in case involving both Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, The New York Times reported this evening.

Among those discussed is allowing the release of evidence and testimony heard by a grand jury in cases where a civilian is killed by police.

«I am extremely disappointed and can see no logic in law or reason why the U.S. Attorney's office would not proceed with a grand jury in the case of an unarmed young man killed in the bathroom of his own house when there was absolutely no threat to officers,» Sharpton said in a statement.

NY1 political reporter Grace Rauh is in the courtroom today for the oral arguments in John Haggerty's trial, and reports Manhattan ADA Eric Seidel (Rackets Bureau chief) revealed Mayor Bloomberg testified before a grand jury in the case.

He is also immersed in a number of issues on the job, not the least of which is the grand jury in the case of Eric Garner, the Island man who died in NYPD custody.

Not exact matches

Nevertheless, McGowan could face indictment in Virginia on a felony drug - possession charge after a judge found probable cause Thursday to send the case to a grand jury.

I'm not going to rush to judgment — grand juries indict in almost every case.

The case sparked outrage in the small community of Sitka, and a grand jury indicted Rosi on felony negligent homicide charges.

The measures include long - sought bills such as raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and enhancing grand jury transparency as well as enshrining a special prosecutor for cases in which civilians die in encounters with police.

The move comes as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman continues to question why Abelove took the Edson Thevenin case to a grand jury in 2016.

WASHINGTON — Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan — under fire for not securing a grand - jury indictment in the Eric Garner chokehold case — is being touted to replace convicted tax cheat Michael Grimm in Congress, sources have told The Post.

Yesterday a federal grand jury officially indicted Councilman Dan Halloran and Senator Malcolm Smith et al. in a case involving bribery.

She withdrew from the case last month, citing a conflict because her husband former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek testified in late 2014 before a federal grand jury in Manhattan as part of a related investigation.

«They were interested in Joel Abelove bringing Randy French's case to the grand jury,» said retired Detective Sgt. Patrick Bornt after appearing before the grand jury for 90 minutes at Rensselaer City Hall.

RENSSELAER — A Rensselaer County grand jury on Thursday wanted answers about the speed with which District Attorney Joel Abelove presented a fatal police shooting to another grand jury in 2016, according to a retired Troy detective who investigated the case.

In both cases, neither officer was ultimately indicted by a grand jury.

In the case of Garner, whose confrontation with police was captured on a dramatic video on which Garner can be heard repeatedly saying he can't breathe, former Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan declined to release minutes from the grand jury.

Retired Troy Police Detective Sgt. Patrick Bornt leaves the Rensselaer City Hall Thursday Sept. 28, 2017 in Rensselaer, N.Y. where a grand jury is hearing the case against Rensselaer County District Attorney

Retired Troy Police Detective Sgt. Patrick Bornt leaves the Rensselaer City Hall Thursday Sept. 28, 2017 in Rensselaer, N.Y. where a grand jury is hearing the case against Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove.

After the governor's proposals to elevate the threshold of adult criminality to 18 years and to create a special monitor to review cases where a grand jury decides not to indict a police officer for killing a potentially unarmed civilian failed to make headway in the State Senate, Mr. Cuomo rolled out a pair of executive orders.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, meanwhile, has said he would appoint a special monitor in cases in which police officers are not indicted in grand jury cases.

The measure Lippman is introducing would apply to cases in which a grand jury has declined to issue charges or return no bill.

But in an Aug. 4 interview with Capital New York, Adler said «Grand Jury Number Two» in this long - standing case would not be impaneled until Friday, Sept. 5.

Several officials, including the head of the NYPD's biggest union, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, for whom Bratton served as police chief in the 1990s, and former Gov. George Pataki have criticized the mayor in the wake of the officers» deaths and ongoing protests against grand jury decisions not to indict police in the Garner and Brown cases.

Instead of working with Schneiderman's office to determine jurisdiction in the case, Abelove is accused of presenting grand jury testimony and granting immunity to the officer involved in the case and withheld evidence in the process.

Democrats in the Senate back the use of body cameras for police, as well as the creation of an Office of Special Investigation to oversee grand jury cases involving law enforcement.

The state's top judge on Tuesday called for a package of reforms to the legal system's grand jury process, including transparency in cases involving deaths of civilians caused by police officers.

The state's two U.S. senators on Wednesday called for a federal investigation into the death of Eric Garner after a State Island grand jury decided not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the case.

Reports on the no indictment grand jury decision in the Eric Garner death case plus reaction from congressional leaders, and a progressive fight against charter schools.

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. has empanelled a grand jury that is taking testimony in a case involving Mayor Bloomberg's $ 750,000 contribution to the state Independence Party in 2009 that was passed on to campaign operative John Haggerty, who has never fully accounted for how he spent the cash, sources confirm.

After being read a statement about the Eric Garner grand jury case that cast Donovan in a good light and a separate statement that cast him in a negative light, the numbers stayed at 49 - 33.

Schneiderman said Abelove rushed the shooting case in front a county grand jury that cleared the officer less than a week after the shooting — and after the attorney general's office said they wanted to review the case.

Mr. Thompson is now in the spotlight after grand juries failed to indict police in the cases of Garner and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. because he empaneled a grand jury to decide whether a unarmed Brooklyn man shot to death by a police officer last month should be indicted.

Molinari said he doesn't think the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case will hurt Donovan, even as some criticized the district attorney's handling of the case.

Abelove personally presented the case to the Rensselaer County grand jury that cleared Sgt. Randall French in the fatal shooting of Edson Thevenin, 37.

Government lawyers, led by Carrie Heather Cohen, argued that the office's conduct was standard for high - profile cases, and that there «was certainly no prejudice in the grand jury proceedings.»

A federal grand jury is investigating Christopher McPartland, the top corruption prosecutor in the Suffolk County district attorney's office, for possible obstruction of justice charges as an outgrowth of the case against former Suffolk police chief James Burke, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

STATEN ISLAND — The state's highest court agreed Monday to expedite the appeals process to release the grand jury testimony in the Eric Garner case.

The lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — claiming public statements that Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara made about the case «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove presented the case to a grand jury in less than a week, and the officer was cleared.

After a grand jury chose not to indict a police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner last year, Democratic leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins called for the placement of body cameras on police officers and introduced legislation that would require the use of a special prosecutor in cases involving police officers who kill unarmed legislation.

The case against state Senate aide Robert Nickol was sent to an Albany County grand jury during an appearance in Albany City Court on Thursday.

Adler, who was selected in 2012 after Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan recused himself from the case, wouldn't comment why he needed more time, citing grand jury secrecy.

The governor's reforms would allow district attorneys like Mr. Donovan to issue a report or letter of fact outlining what occurred in closed grand jury room in cases of police killings, without having to beseech a judge to release that information.

Kristy Mazurek, a former TV reporter best known locally as treasurer of the WNY Progressive Caucus, the political committee at the heart of AG Eric Schneiderman's grand jury probe in Buffalo, is running for the Assembly and cooperating with investigators, but won't discuss the case.

A special grand jury has voted to indict several people in connection with the Nassau County district attorney's monthslong investigation into corruption in the Town of Oyster Bay, according to sources with knowledge of the case.

No sooner had Michael J. Flaherty Jr.'s prosecutors obtained a felony vehicular manslaughter indictment in a hit - and - run case that a grand jury initially probed in 2014, than the acting DA's opponents pounced with questions about his personal involvement.

In July, after James joined several petitioners who sued the Staten Island district attorney for the release of grand jury records in the case of Eric Garner, New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division Second Department ruled that her office lacked the power to suIn July, after James joined several petitioners who sued the Staten Island district attorney for the release of grand jury records in the case of Eric Garner, New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division Second Department ruled that her office lacked the power to suin the case of Eric Garner, New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division Second Department ruled that her office lacked the power to sue.

Cuomo's own proposals are part of a seven point - package that includes statewide reconciliation commission on police / community relations and an independent monitor in certain police brutality cases in which a grand jury issues no indictment.

A state appeals court has granted a request by NYC Public Advocate Tish James and others to reconsider whether the grand jury proceedings in the case of Eric Garner should be made public.